Cask-pitching device.



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P. w. VAN DE WESTELAKEN.

CASK PITCHING DEVICE.

(Applicafiion filed Apr. 18, 1902. (No Model.)

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PETER 1V. VAN DE WESTELAKEN, OF ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.

CASK-PITCH ING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 716,798, dated December 23, 1902.

Application filed April 18, 1902..

To aZZ whom it TIMI/y concern:

Beit known that LPn'rnn W.VAN on W ere- LAKEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alexandria, in the county of Alexandria and State of Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cask-Pitching Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a cask-pitching device; and the object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient article of this nature which can be made at a compara tively low figure and which can be easily and readily applied and which when in use positively prevents the adherence of pitch to the wall of the bung-hole of the cask.

In pitching casks the fluid pitch is usually introduced into the interior of the cask through the bu ng-hole thereof, and a portion of such pitch during this operation escapes through such hole. When the cask is finished and the pitch is set or hardened, it is found that such substance sticks to the wall of the bung-hole to such an extent that it is necessary in order to insert the bung-hole bushing to scrape said wall with a knife or. like instrument. This naturally entails considerably delay and extra labor, for it is essential that the bung-hole wall should present a perfectly smooth surface. By my invention, however, the defects pointed out are wholly overcome and it is not possible for the escaping pitch to come in contact with the wall of the bung-hole, said invention including two parts, one of which is adapted to receive a nozzle and the other of which is adapted to snugly fit within the bung-hole and to cover the wall of the same, said parts being separated for the passage of the fluid pitch.

In the present case the two parts just mentioned consist of rings connected by arms, the outer onev being adapted to fit within the bung-hole and to cover the wall thereof and the inner one being adapted to receive a supply-nozzle, and the parts specified may be of any suitable construction, although they will hereinafter be described as split rings, thereby securing a certain degree of circumferential adjustment of both rings.

From the foregoing it will therefore be evi dent that my improved device comprehends,

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broadly, means to cover the Wall of the loung- -hole of a cask, means for receiving a nozzle for the supply of pitch to said cask, and means for securing the escape of the molten pitch from said cask.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear from the following description, While the novelty thereof will form the basis of the claims succeeding such description, and said invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional elevation of a cask-pitching device including my invention and showing the manner of using the same. Fig. 2 is a plan View of said device. Fig. 3 is a similar view of a modification.

Like characters refer to like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

The improved'device includes in its construction an outer ring 5, which is shown as being split, the ends of the ring overlapping each other, so that the rings can be expanded or contracted to fit bung-holes of different sizes. I prefer to cover said outer ring with packing 6, which may be of any suitable kind. The outer ring 5 is adapted to snugly fit within the bung-hole of a cask 7 and to cover the Wall of such bung-hole. Said outer ring incloses an inner ring 8, which is also split and the ends of which are overlapped like the outer ring in order to permit of the expansion and contraction of the same to snugly receive nozzles of different sizes, a nozzle 9 being shown as extending through the inner ring and the discharge end of said nozzle being located within the cask 7. The outer ring carries a series of short arms 10 inside the same and extending diametrically thereof toward and through holes in the in nor ring, three of. such arms being represented. These arms are shown as encircled by coiled springs 11, pressing against the respective rings and serving to force the outer one into firm contact with the wall of the bung-hole. While the said rings and the arms uniting the same are shown as separate parts, it is obvious, of course, that they may be made integral, although in the latter case the adjustments hereinbefore set forth cannot be secured.

The nozzle 9, which is connected to a suitable source of supply for the molten pitch, extends through the inner ring 8, which is adapted to snugly embrace or hug the same, and its upper end has an outlet of a form adapted to deliver such molten pitch in a spray. The upper closed end of the nozzle has transverse kerfs or slits 12 opening into the bore of said nozzle and by which the fluid pitch is properly sprayed.

The nozzles ordinarily employed are fixed, the barrel being fitted over the same. In employing my improved device the same is first introduced into the bung-hole of a cask or barrel and said barrel inverted over the nozzle and the same entered into the inner ring 8 until the inner ring closely hugs the nozzle. Molten pitch is then directed into the interior of the cask and covers the inner surface thereof, and that part of the pitch which escapes through the bung-hole passes between the outer ring 5 and the inner ring 8, and as the outer ring covers the wall of the bung-hole the escaping pitch cannot possibly come in contact with the said wall, so that when the device is withdrawn from the barrel it will be found there is absolutely no pitch adhering to the said wall, so that the operation which has heretofore been necessary to scrape such wall free of pitch sticking thereto is unnecessary.

The nozzle 9 has one or more longitudinal peripheral channels 13, which permit the escape of the hot air from the cask during the process of pitching the same.

Many modifications of course may be adopted within the scope of the following claims.

In Fig. 3 the outer ring 5, inner ring 8,and arms 10, connecting the same, are made in one piece.

Having described the invention, what I claim is- 1. In a cask-pitching device, a part adapted to receive a nozzle and a second part adapted to cover the wall of a bung-hole in said cask, said parts being separated for the passage of fluid pitch.

2. Inacask-pitching device,inner and outer rings separated from each other for the passage of fluid pitch, the outer ring being adapted to snugly fit within the bung-hole of a cask and to cover the wall of said bung-hole, the inner ring being adapted to receive a nozzle, and said outer ring having an external packmg.

3. In a cask-pitching device,inner and outer rings separated from each other forthe passage of fluid pitch, the outer ring being adapted to snugly fit within the bung-hole of a cask and to cover the wall of said bung-hole, the inner ring being adapted to receive a nozzle, and one of said rings being circumferentially adjustable.

4. In a cask-pitching device,inner and outer rings separated from each other for the passage of fluid pitch, the outer ring being adapted to snugly fit within the bung-hole of a cask and to cover the wall of said bung-hole, the inner ring being adapted to receive a nozzle, and both of said rings being circumferentially adjustable.

5. In a cask-pitching device, an inner ring adapted to receive a nozzle, an outer ring adapted to snugly fit within the bung-hole of a cask and to cover the wall of said bunghole, said rings being separated for the passage of fluid pitch, and the outer ring having arms connecting said rings, and coiled springs surrounding the arms and bearing against said rings.

6. A cask-pitching device having means to cover the wall of a bung-hole, means for receiving a nozzle for the supply of pitch and means for securing the escape of the molten pitch from the cask.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PETER W. VAN DE WESTELAKEN.

Witnesses:

HEATH SUTHERLAND, GEO. W. REA. 

